*A few things about the special reissues: As we were about to be out of physical CDs of both albums (BLINK and PLAYTIME), I started toying with the idea of making reissues featuring new mixes and alternate versions. The idea was to make the tracks feel closer to the way we play them in concert. Over a period of many months, I remixed everything and added live drums and a string quartet in some places. The final tracks were mastered by Ray Staff (Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath, David Bowie) at Air Studios and Mike Marsh (Chemical Brothers, Prodigy, Depeche Mode, Hot Chip) at the Exchange, both in London.